A spoonful of honey just may do the trick for coughing kids, says a new study in this month's Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Honey eased coughs and helped kids sleep better than cough medicine or nothing at all in a comparison test, the AP reports.

A couple of caveats, though:

Honey should never -- ever -- be given to kids under a year old because of the risk of botulism.

And, the study was funded by a grant from the National Honey Board. Take it with a grain of, well, honey ...

Awesome! I am so breaking out my honey bear honey dispensing thingy next time I get sick, which is just about guaranteed when I go on vacation.